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		<title>Squaxin Island Tribe and Cities Strike Deal on Deschutes River Habitat Restoration</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/25/squaxin-island-tribe-and-cities-strike-deal-on-deschutes-river-habitat-restoration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Squaxin Island Tribe and the cities of Olympia, Lacey and Yelm in Washington State are establishing the Deschutes Watershed Environmental Stewardship Coalition to focus on on-the-ground habitat restoration projects to jumpstart salmon productivity in the Deschutes River watershed.

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		<title>Quinault Nation Opposes Dams in Chehalis River Basin</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/26/25-quinault-nation-opposes-dams-in-chehalis-river-basin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Quinault Indian Nation opposes construction of two dams proposed for the Chehalis River basin, and has requested government-to-government consultation with the Corps of Engineers to discuss environmental impacts. ]]></description>
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		<title>Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe completes Elwha River logjams</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/13/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe-completes-elwha-river-logjams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 11 years of intense labor, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has 33 engineered logjams in the Elwha River, all in preparation for this year’s deconstruction of the river’s two fish-blocking dams.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Approves Historic Salmon Restoration Plan for Klamath River</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/01/04/04-epa-approves-salmon-restoration-plan-for-klamath-river/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/01/04/04-epa-approves-salmon-restoration-plan-for-klamath-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action culminates 13 years of state and federal efforts to develop pollution limits for 17 North Coast California water bodies.]]></description>
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		<title>Help Strengthen Environmental News Reporting: Support SEJ</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/12/27/26-help-strengthen-environmental-news-reporting-support-sej/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's the Society of Environmental Journalist's 20th anniversary! By donating $20 you support their members as they strive to produce the highest quality investigative environmental journalism.]]></description>
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		<title>Onondaga Nation of Iroquois Confederacy Takes On Fracking</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/11/09/08-onondaga-nation-of-iroquois-confederacy-fracking/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/11/09/08-onondaga-nation-of-iroquois-confederacy-fracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Onondaga Nation, long healers of the environment, face a new threat as gas and oil companies target the gas rich Marcellus shale for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Tells Community on Wind River Indian Reservation: Don’t Drink the Water</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/15/epa-tells-community-on-wind-river-indian-reservation-dont-drink-the-water/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/15/epa-tells-community-on-wind-river-indian-reservation-dont-drink-the-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents of rural Pavillion in Wyoming have been told not to drink their water, and to use fans and ventilation while bathing or washing clothes to avoid the risk of explosion. Many residents blame "fracking."]]></description>
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		<title>Bushmen denied water, launch appeal</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/13/01-bushmen-denied-water-launch-appeal/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/13/01-bushmen-denied-water-launch-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Africa's High Court denies Bushmen their right to a well on their lands inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, while Botswana's president describes their way of life as 'an archaic fantasy.']]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous rights: Maya in Belize, San in Botswana both get ambiguous outcomes in court</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/05/05indigenous-rights-jerry-reynolds/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/05/05indigenous-rights-jerry-reynolds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 28 the Belize high court delivered a verdict in favor of customary Maya land rights. Three weeks later an ocean away, the high court in Botswana ruled against San water rights in the parched Central Kalahari Game Reserve. By Jerry Reynolds.]]></description>
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		<title>Klamath Restoration Begins</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/15/klamath-restoration-begins-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal agencies initiate environmental review of plan to restore rivers, farms, and communities of the Klamath Basin. By Craig Tucker.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. critical of Botswana’s mistreatment of Bushmen</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/08/us-critical-of-botswana-treatment-of-bushmen/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/08/us-critical-of-botswana-treatment-of-bushmen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. State Department critical of Botswana for their narrow interpretation of a 2006 High Court ruling that grants Bushmen the right to return to their land and for their banning Bushmen access to their water borehole, needed for survival. Yet Botswana allows Wilderness Safaris to run a tourist lodge with swimming pool in the reserve.]]></description>
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		<title>Opening new water facilities a milestone in journey to Elwha River restoration</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/05/elwha-river-restoration-01/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/05/elwha-river-restoration-01/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elwha River restoration and dam removal project on target with the opening of two new water facilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Heart of Dryness: Climate Change Coping Strategies</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/12/24/heart-of-dryness-climate-change-coping-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/12/24/heart-of-dryness-climate-change-coping-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought. A new book by James G. Workman.]]></description>
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		<title>Faster population growth ups climate change effect, UN report says</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/11/19/faster-population-growth-ups-climate-change-effect-un-report-says/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/11/19/faster-population-growth-ups-climate-change-effect-un-report-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faster population growth aggravates climate change. More people mean more green house gas emissions, according to the UN State of World Population Report 2009. As population increases, economies and consumption outpace the earth’s capacity to adjust, making climate change effects more extreme.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation to protect Colorado River starts journey through Congress</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/09/16/colorado-river-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/09/16/colorado-river-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If passed, a bill to protect the Lower Colorado River will put the EPA in charge of the river's water quality.]]></description>
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		<title>Alaskan native villages to receive $27.9 million Recovery Act Funds to improve water services</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/07/10/remote-alaskan-native-villages-to-benefit-from-27-9-million-in-recovery-act-funds-to-improve-water-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 30 Alaskan native villages will have improved access to vital water services through $27.9 million in funds from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Northwest coastal tribes facing climate change disruptions</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/02/10/climate-change-pacific-northwest-coastal-tribe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pacific NW coastal tribes are at increasing risk of climate changes and rising seas. The solution is the return of but a fraction of their traditional homelands. But to get it, the Olympic National Park has to give it back.]]></description>
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		<title>Klamath Tribes set to regain 90,000 acres of homeland</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2008/12/27/klamath-tribes-set-to-regain-90000-acres-of-homeland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Klamath Tribe in Oregon has developed a forest restoration and management plan for the Mazama Forest that will be a cornerstone for their economic development. Improving the health of the forest is a priority.]]></description>
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		<title>Yakama Nation buys Lyle Point, ending decades-long struggle over fishing rights</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2007/06/11/yakama-nation-buys-lyle-point-ending-decades-long-struggle-over-fishing-rights-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Terri C. Hansen High Country News LYLE, WASHINGTON On maps it is called Lyle Point, but to tribal fishing people it has always been Nanainmi Waki Uulktt, “the place where the wind blows from two directions.” The rocky promontory overlooks the confluence of the Klickitat and Columbia rivers, providing spectacular views of the Columbia [...]]]></description>
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